The three-faction, sci-fi war for Auraxis begins in November. Sony Online Entertainment pinned a release date on PlanetSide 2 last night and showed off the third continent the Terran Republic, New Conglomerate and Vanu Sovereignty will battle to control. Get the nickle tour of Amerish above.

At its annual SOE Live fan event last night, Sony announced that PlanetSide 2, which has been in closed beta since August, will officially launch on November 20.

"We are thrilled to have reached a point where we can set an official release date for PlanetSide 2," Creative Director Matt Higby said in a statement. "External beta has been a fantastic learning experience, one where we have been constantly iterating and incorporating player feedback, tweaking and refining features to ensure an explosive, quality game at launch."

As we learned in SOE President John Smedley's PlanetSide 2 state of the game address earlier this week, one of the biggest tweaks being made is to the PS2 certification system. SOE says it is working to increase the speed that players earn character customizing certs dramatically. In essence, players will level up 4X faster than the current speed.

Looking forward to seeing the final product in November. As an original PlanetSide vet, I'm thrilled to see the massive shooter make a comeback, especially a free-to-play one.